Life & style, Issue 646

2010 preview: Fashion

Fashion, with its strictly observed seasons marked by the various equinoxes of London/New York/Paris/Milan Fashion Weeks, is a cyclical beast. It likes to understand a decade as a fixed unit of time with a distinctive identity, defined sharply against…

2010 preview: Courses and activities

There are a few standard rules of healthy eating: low carb intake; five-a-day etc. But instead of advocating these shallow mantras and (supposedly) quick fixes, we’re opting for the ‘eat well’ approach. There are numerous establishments equipped to help…

IndigoSilk offers spiritual retreat in East Lothian

New Moon

January is traditionally the month for decluttering. Your cupboards, your insides, your bad habits; the start of the year is a perfect time to fling out the old and welcome in the new. But what about getting rid of bad juju? Detoxing your emotional…

Restaurant review - pickledgreen

Rose Street is a right hotch-potch when it comes to its eating and drinking scene: from bland chain restaurants to venerable old boozers, unadorned Japanese noodle-bars to buzzy seafood bistros. Into this unlikely setting, and fired with the optimism…

Food culture: What to expect in 2010

The new vegetarianism Nigel Slater Tender and Simon Hopkinson The Vegetarian Option made the Christmas bestseller lists with books giving much more respect to vegetables. It’s not about going completely veggie, but eating less meat, of better…

The Hot 100 2009

Compiled by List staff through a painstaking process of review and debate, the Hot 100 is the comprehensive list of Scottish creative talent, covering both individuals and organisations who’ve made a standout contribution to culture in 2009. This year’s…

Alternative Hogmanay

If you’re a healthy combination of sporty and ah, carefree, there are numerous NY options available. The infamous Loony Dook takes place in various locations around the country, notably South Queensferry and Dundee. For the uninitiated, it involves…

Christmas capers

Niki Boyle runs down the festive activities guaranteed to take your mind off stuffing the bird and boost your Christmas cheer

Last-minute local love

We round up ways to support local businesses while you do your Christmas shop. Alright, the search is over. You’re looking for somewhere you can go to get away from the city centre crowds, still, miraculously, get all your Christmas shopping done…

Product of the fortnight: Christmas Jumper

The List’s trend team are firmly divided on the subject of the ironic Christmas sweater. Half of us get the reindeer out as soon as there’s a chill in the air, the other half just kind of shrug. However, if you must join in the knowing wintry winking…